Those who signed the Constitution believed it was essential for this document to be able to be amended peacefully by the states to maintain federalism or a balance of power. Proposing amendments is very different from having a constitutional convention.

In a discussion about our Constitution, we can’t afford to not do our homework. We must resist the temptation to trust inaccurate, incomplete and agenda-driven scholarship.

It’s time to take a fresh look at exactly what Article V calls for when it provides for a convention of states. What it provides for is simply an interstate study committee. This committee has no power outside of making recommendations or proposals.

Nowhere in the Constitution, especially in Article V, does the document allow or call for a constitutional convention.

The article specifically calls for a convention to propose amendments, and the two are as different as night and day.

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Citizens concerned for the future of their country, under a federal government that's increasingly bloated, corrupt, reckless and invasive, have a constitutional option. We can call a Convention of States to return the country to its original vision of a limited federal government that is of, by and for the people.

The Convention of States (COS) Project was founded by Citizens for Self-Governance for the purpose of stopping the runaway power of the federal government. We believe Washington, D.C., is broken and will not fix itself. The federal government is spending this country into the ground, seizing power from the states and taking liberty from the people.